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Gentry O. Simms*

These are the Photographs and Letters of Commendation from the Army for 1st/Sgt Gentry O. Simms.

Gentry_O._Simms_in_uniform.jpg (65739 bytes)  
1.
24 January 1944
Commendation_F._P._DeWitt_Captain.jpg (56564 bytes)
Commendation: F. P. DeWitt
Captain, Med Adm C.,
Detachment Commander		 2.
16 February 1945
First_Sgt_Promotion.gif (58297 bytes)
Promotion		 3.
30 May 1945
Commendation_-_Cieslewicz_R_V.gif (63580 bytes)
Commendation: E. V. Cieslewicz
1st Lt., MAC
Detachment Commander
4.
1 June 1945
Page 1 of 2
Commendation_-_Paul_V._Lemkau.gif (70588 bytes)
Commendation: Paul V. Lemkau
Lt. Col. MC
Ch Prof Serv.		 5.
1 June 1945
Page 2 of 2
Paul_V._Lemkau_Page_2_of_2.gif (8166 bytes)
Commendation: Paul V. Lemkau
Lt. Col. MC
Ch Prof Serv.		 6.
8 June 1945
Commendation_1_HES.gif (508099 bytes)
Commendation:
Lt. Col. Howard E. Sweet, MD
 
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Sgt. Simms inspecting the 
construction of the barracks		 1-2
Sheet_1-2.jpg (48050 bytes)		 1-3
Sheet 1-3.jpg (174016 bytes)		 3-2
Sheet_3-2.jpg (137964 bytes)
Prefab barracks moved from a German camp. Construction supervised by Sgt Gentry Simms.
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Sheet_1-5.jpg (82962 bytes)		 1-6
Sheet_1-6.jpg (74301 bytes)
Pre-fab Barracks moved from a German camp. Reconstructed for the officers and enlisted men at the 130th. Project supervised by Sgt. Simms.		 2-1
Sheet_2-1.jpg (56669 bytes)		 2-2
Sheet_2-2.jpg (70025 bytes)
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Sheet_2-3.jpg (37733 bytes) 		2-4
Sheet_2-4.jpg (48113 bytes)		 2-5
Sheet_2-5.jpg (56328 bytes)		 2-6
Sheet_2-6.jpg (103599 bytes)
2-7
Sheet_2-7.jpg (80424 bytes)		 2-8
Sheet_2-8.jpg (59725 bytes)		 3-1
Sheet_3-1.jpg (83429 bytes)		 1-4
Sheet_1-4.jpg (44631 bytes)

 
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Sheet_3-3.jpg (98707 bytes)
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Sheet_4-1.jpg (76535 bytes)		 4-2
Sheet_4.2.jpg (77081 bytes)		 5-1
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Front L-R: Robert P. Playfair, William J. Quinn
Back L-R: Philip J. Kogok, Joseph J. Shields & John G. Lawton
Note: This picture was taken in Normandy, France. This was the only place where we had to live in Pup Tents! 		 5-3
Sheet_5-3.jpg (53274 bytes)		 5-4
Sheet_5-4.jpg (69708 bytes)		 5-5
Sheet_5-5.jpg (71447 bytes)
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Sheet_5-6.jpg (77812 bytes)		 5-7
Sheet_5-7.jpg (54772 bytes)		 5-8
Sheet_5-8.jpg (64444 bytes)		 5-9
Sheet_5-9.jpg (57671 bytes)
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Langston & Simms		 6-2
Sheet_6-2.jpg (51812 bytes)		 6-3
Sheet_6-3.jpg (48596 bytes)
Simms & Maj. D. M. Kelly		 6-4
Sheet_6-4.jpg (52979 bytes)
Sanitation Dept.
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Sheet_6-5.jpg (56650 bytes)
GI & POW		 6-6
Sheet_6-6.jpg (58774 bytes)
Tent city prior to the barracks being built.		 6-7
Sheet_6-7.jpg (44956 bytes)		 6-8
Sheet_6-8.jpg (64280 bytes)
6-9
Sheet_6-9.jpg (60470 bytes)		 7-1
Sheet_7-1.jpg (36944 bytes)		 7-2
Sheet_7-2.jpg (30086 bytes)
130th Nurses		 7-3
Sheet_7-3.jpg (41835 bytes)
Simms & Nurse
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Sheet_8-1.jpg (28022 bytes)		 8-2
Sheet_8-2.jpg (21948 bytes)
Simms & Nurse		 8-3
Sheet_8-3.jpg (21417 bytes)
Simms in Paris		 8-4
Sheet_8-4.jpg (18915 bytes)
8-5
Sheet_8-5.jpg (18844 bytes)
Simms & Sweeny		 Sheet_10.jpg (50087 bytes)
Mont de la Salle 9-15-2002
Courtesy of Polly Jones and Terri Simms
Gentry's daughters.		 9
Sheet_9.jpg (23035 bytes)
Scotty & D. M. Kelly

 

* I would appreciate your help in identifying the people and places in theses pictures. I have numbered them so you can communicate with me regarding specific pictures.
Thanks for your help.
John H. Sweet